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San Francisco
Dons San Francisco, CA

Name History:


Saint Ignatius College 1859-1912, 1919-30
Saint Ignatius University 1912-19
University of San Francisco 1930-date

Baseball Team History


Year Record Coach
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925 9-5 John Kerr/James R. Needles
1926
1927 Jack McCarthy
1928 Anthony M. Lazzeri/L.M. Malone
1929 Ping Bodie (Frank S. Pezzolo)
1930 No Team
1931 Gene Valla
1932 Gene Valla
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939 Bill Tobin
1940
1941
1942
1943 Forrest Twogood
1944
1945 No Team
1946 8-1 Peter F. Newell
1947 Peter F. Newell
1948 Peter F. Newell
1949 Peter F. Newell
1950 Peter F. Newell
1951
1952 William A. Cunningham
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957 19-10 John Anderson
1958 10-17 John Anderson
1959 13-22 John Anderson
1960 12-17-1 John Anderson
1961
1962 11-15
1963 13-12
1964 15-6-1
1965 25-12
1966 18-16-1
1967 20-15-1 Dante Benedetti
1968 15-23 Dante Benedetti
1969 23-25 Dante Benedetti
1970 24-28 Dante Benedetti
1971 42-15 Dante Benedetti
1972 n/a Dante Benedetti
1973 14-32 Dante Benedetti
1974 20-30 Dante Benedetti
1975 12-38 Dante Benedetti
1976 19-35-1 Dante Benedetti
1977 10-58 Dante Benedetti
1978 10-51-1 Dante Benedetti
1979 16-38-1 Dante Benedetti
1980 11-42 Dante Benedetti
1981 22-33 Ken Bowman
1982 20-38 Ken Bowman
1983 9-39 Ken Bowman
1984 15-46 Ken Bowman
1985 22-28 Ken Bowman
1986 24-23 Ken Bowman
1987 15-33 Ken Bowman
1988 16-34-1 Ken Bowman
1989 14-30 Ken Bowman
1990 14-39-1 Ken Bowman
1991 14-42 Ken Bowman
1992 14-41 Ken Bowman
1993 8-44 Ken Bowman
1994 22-33 Richard Hill
1995 24-35 Richard Hill
1996 27-28 Richard Hill
1997 29-27 Richard Hill
1998 34-24 Richard Hill
1999 21-34-1 Anthony N. (Nino) Giarratano
2000 26-33 Anthony N. (Nino) Giarratano
2001 28-26 Anthony N. (Nino) Giarratano
2002 18-38 Anthony N. (Nino) Giarratano
2003 25-31 Anthony N. (Nino) Giarratano
2004 27-32 Anthony N. (Nino) Giarratano
2005 38-18 Anthony N. (Nino) Giarratano
2006 39-23 Anthony N. (Nino) Giarratano

Major League Players


Name Birthplace Dates Played at College Major League Debut
Joseph F. Giannini San Francisco, CA 1909-11 8/7/1911
Clarence T. Fieber San Francisco, CA 1932 (FR) 5/18/1932
Ernest R. Sulik San Francisco, CA 1929 4/15/1936
John J. (Jake) Caulfield Los Angeles, CA 4/24/1946
Neill R. Sheridan Sacramento, CA 9/19/1948
Cornelius F. Dempsey San Francisco, CA 1942-43, 46 4/28/1951
Paul E. Schramka Milwaukee, WI 1946-49 4/14/1953
Stanley L. Johnson Dallas, TX 1956 9/18/1960
Aaron E. Pointer Little Rock, AR 1960 9/22/1963
Michael T. Buskey San Francisco, CA 1968-71 9/2/1977
Justin J. Speier Daly City, CA 1992-93 5/27/1998
Jermaine M. Clark Berkeley, CA 1995-97 4/3/2001
Joseph G. Nelson Alameda, CA 1996 6/13/2001
Jesse W. Foppert Reading, PA 1999-01 4/14/2003
Jeffrey A. Harris Alameda, CA 1995 8/2/2005
bold member of San Francisco Hall of Fame
(FR) played on freshman team only

Conference Affiliations:


Pacific Coast Conference 1931-32, 1943
West Coast Athletic Conference 1958-76, 1985-88
Northern California Baseball Association 1977-84
West Coast Conference 1989-date

Highlights:


Neill R. Sheridan (DB 9/19/1948) played football


John W. (Windy) McCall (DB 4/25/1948), Gerald F. Coleman (DB 4/20/1949), James D. Mangan (DB 4/16/1952), William B. Renna (DB 4/14/1953), Alvis Woods (DB 4/7/1977) attended


West Coast Athletic Conference champion 1964


All-America selections (First-Team)


1999 Taggard Bozied (Collegiate Baseball)
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